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On The Red Dot 2015
On The Red Dot is a weekly current affairs programme that showcases the people and communities that make up Singapore. It also highlights efforts by different groups of Singaporeans who make a difference to people’s lives.
On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World – Cambodia
Channel NewsAsia and Singapore’s Channel 5 broadcast the ‘On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World’ TV series from October 2014, featuring young social entrepreneurs from Singapore and the region bridging borders and communities to build a better world through social enterprise. This episode features Backstreet Academy, SIF’s Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) alumni, which matches travellers seeking an authentic experience with hosts and craftsmen in Phnom Penh ready and willing to share their skills to promote a holistic cultural learning experience. Find out more about the SIF’s YSE programme here: http://sif-dev.thedottsolutions.com/Our-Work/Good-Business/YSE-Programme
On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World – Indonesia (AgriSocio)
Channel NewsAsia and Singapore’s Channel 5 broadcast the ‘On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World’ TV series from October 2014, featuring young social entrepreneurs from Singapore and the region bridging borders and communities to build a better world through social enterprise. This episode features AgriSocio, SIF’s Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) alumni, which connects farmers and homemakers with agricultural university students, to reap a positive impact on farmers’ livelihoods and the environment in Bogor, Indonesia. Find out more about the SIF’s YSE programme here:
On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World – Indonesia (The Dorsal Effect)
Channel NewsAsia and Singapore’s Channel 5 broadcast the ‘On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World’ TV series from October 2014, featuring young social entrepreneurs from Singapore and the region bridging borders and communities to build a better world through social enterprise. This episode features The Dorsal Effect, SIF’s Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) alumni, which champions eco-tourism as an alternative source of livelihood for shark fishermen in Lombok, Indonesia, in a bid to preserve the shark population. Find out more about the SIF’s YSE programme here:
On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World – The Philippines
Channel NewsAsia and Singapore’s Channel 5 broadcast the ‘On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World’ TV series from October 2014, featuring young social entrepreneurs from Singapore and the region bridging borders and communities to build a better world through social enterprise. This episode features BagoSphere, SIF’s Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) alumni, and their journey to train youth on the lower end of the socioeconomic spectrum to take up high-value jobs in Bago City, Philippines. Find out more about the SIF’s YSE programme here:
On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World - India
Channel NewsAsia and Singapore's Channel 5 broadcast the 'On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World' TV series from October 2014, featuring young social entrepreneurs from Singapore and the region bridging borders and communities to build a better world through social enterprise. This episode features IM Pad, SIF's Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) alumni, and their mission to promote good feminine hygiene for rural women in India. Find out more about the SIF's YSE programme here: http://sif-dev.thedottsolutions.com/Our-Work/Good- Business/YSE-Programme
On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World - Malaysia & Singapore
Channel NewsAsia and Singapore's Channel 5 broadcast the 'On the Red Dot: Friends for a Better World' TV series from October 2014, featuring young social entrepreneurs from Singapore and the region bridging borders and communities to build a better world through social enterprise. This episode features Little Marios, SIF's Young Social Entrepreneurs (YSE) alumni, and their bid to transform the lives of children in a home in Penang, Malaysia, by teaching ownership and responsibility through their mushroom-growing enterprise. Also featured is YSE alumni Society Staples, a Singapore-based duo seeking to promote inclusivity between abled and less abled communities in Singapore through events and the setting up of a gym for the less abled. Find out more about the SIF's YSE programme here: http://sif- dev.thedottsolutions.com/Our-Work/Good-Business/YSE-Programme